News
Air Transport Components (ATC) announced today it will locate its headquarters and open a maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) facility in Tulsa.
Based in Gilbert, Ariz., ATC provides repair and overhaul services for components and accessories found on both commercial and military air transport aircraft. The 60,000-square-foot facility in Tuls...
Everyone wants to know where and why Black Americans are moving, and one of the reasons is to access better career opportunities. As we’re halfway through Black History Month, Development Counsellors International is shining a light on rising cities for career growth this year.
“Backed by the U.S. Census and notabl...
Two television projects gaining buzz will be a boon for Tulsa and Oklahoma, adding to their growing reputation for being friendly to film and video productions.
Creator of the modern-day Western “Yellowstone” and crime thriller “Mayor of Kingstown,” Taylor Sheridan, announced the backdrop of his next series will be Tulsa. Also...
If the new USA BMX Hall of Fame, headquarters, museum and track complex is to be a success, it’s going to need people like Kai Wall.
He’s 6, and at Tuesday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of the $23 million facility, he spoke as earnestly as a child can about hi...
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, visionaries and entrepreneurs are teaming up with city agencies to undo the terrible damage done in 1921.
The Greenwood neighborhood in North Tulsa, known as Black Wall Street, was an affluent African-American community with thriving local businesses, two newspapers, churches and well-known physicians, lawyers, realtors and other professionals...
City to consider two development proposals for mixed-use development on Evans-Fintube site
Feb 12 2022The authority charged with spearheading the city of Tulsa’s economic development efforts is a step closer to selecting a firm to build a mixed-use development on the old Evans-Fintube property north of downtown.
Officials with the Tulsa Authority for Economic Opportunity said Friday that two development teams remain in the runnin...
Lufkin Industries, a global leader in the production of precision-engineered oilfield equipment, products, and services announced its selection of a new manufacturing campus in Claremore, Oklahoma. Operating in locations worldwide, the new Claremore facility will serve as one of its Oklahoma campuses and a manufacturing center for the organization’s ro...
A former Seattle-based company that develops emission-control technology has announced that it is moving its headquarters to Tulsa.
ClearSign Technologies Corporation will be housed on the ground floor at 8023 E. 63rd Place, said Matthew Selinger, a spokesman for the company. The Tulsa Regional Chamber will take part in the firm’...
ClearSign Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: CLIR) ("ClearSign" or the "Company"), an emerging leader in industrial combustion and sensing technologies that improve energy, operational efficiency and safety while dramatically reducing emissions, today announces the relocation and grand opening of the Company’s new headquarters to Tulsa, OK.
The Company will host the officia...
The city of Tulsa and American Airlines recently extended their leasing agreement to nearly the midway point of the century.
The pact between the Tulsa Municipal Airport Trust and the Fort Worth-based airline, approved Thursday, amends and restates the June 1958 sublease and its subsequent 18 amendments, incorporating the language int...
Ample local economic development on tap for 2022
Jan 17 2022As COVID-19 moves into its third calendar year, a plethora of pandemic-related issues continue to squeeze the U.S. economy, include spiking inflation, a mass exodus from the workforce and the evolving impact of the Omicron variant.
But locally, a number of economic development projects are cause for optimism.
Read full article.
The Cherokee Nation is planning a new $400 million health care facility in Tahlequah to replace the 40-year-old W.W. Hastings Hospital.
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. signed legislation on Wednesday to fund the state-of-the-art hospital, as well as $35 million to replace the tribe’s 25-year-old outpatient health center i...
Spotlighting Port of Muskogee
Dec 14 2021The Northeast Oklahoma Automotive Corridor consists of 11 mega-sites across the region.
All of our mega-sites offer:
Available land ready for development
Central locations with quick access to ice-free ports, Class I railroads, major highways, and interstates
Strong workforce of more than one million highly-skilled future employees.
Location, Location, Location
Logistically located in the middle o...
Tulsa-area proposal among 60 finalists for millions in federal funding for economic development
Dec 14 2021Planning organization INCOG is among 60 finalists for a U.S. Economic Development Administration grant that could award the Tulsa region up to roughly $70 million for economic development, local representatives say.
The $1 billion “Build Back Better Regional Challenge” is the centerpiece of the EDA’s American Rescue plan programs designed t...
A booming demand for goods in the United States has led to shortages, bottlenecks and elevated inflation, a local bank leader said Thursday.
BOK Financial Executive Vice President Brian Henderson labeled a “perfect storm” what happened to the economy in 2021.
“We’ve had trucker shortages for many years,” said Henderson, also th...
RadNet, Inc. (“RadNet”, NASDAQ: RDNT), a national leader in providing high-quality and cost-effective outpatient diagnostic imaging services, will locate a customer operations center at the Eastgate Metroplex in Tulsa. RadNet plans to hire up to 500 customer service coordinators in Tulsa.
“We are proud to be opening our customer operations center i...
The Tulsa Regional Chamber received Bronze Rank in the category of Economic Development Organization of the Year, an award program presented annually by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). The award was announced this week at a ceremony during IEDC’s Annual Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
“The winners of IEDC’s Excellence i...
Tulsa named 2nd most affordable big city
Jun 24 2021Tulsa was recently named the 2nd most affordable big city in the U.S. by Rocket Homes.
To find the most affordable big cities in the U.S., Rocket Homes reviewed the Council for Community and Economic Research’s data on cost of living. The C2ER’s 2019 Q2 Cost of Living Index analyzes the prices o...
Today, officials at MidAmerica Industrial Park announced its newest mega-employer, Canoo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOEV), a company manufacturing innovative electric vehicles (EVs). According to a news release issued by the company today: “Canoo’s 400-acre campus will be in the Tulsa area at MidAmerica Industrial Park, a 9,000-acre industrial complex strategically locate...
The Tulsa metropolitan area has officially joined the 1 million population club, making it eligible to better compete for economic development projects, according to area officials.
Estimates released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau put the July 1, 2020, population in the Tulsa metro area, officially called the metropolitan statistical area...
Arthur Jackson, senior vice president of economic development for the Tulsa Regional Chamber, has been named a 2021 Economic Development 40 Under 40 Award recipient by Development Counsellors International (DCI) and Jorgenson Consulting. The biennial award program recognizes rising stars in the economic development industry.
“Arthur has had great success a...
The Tulsa Regional Chamber released today the results of an analysis of the region’s dislocated workforce. This comprehensive study and roadmap for recovery will help business and civic leaders better understand the outlook for workers dislocated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which skill sets are available in the regional talent pipeline...
The Tulsa Regional Chamber announced today the hiring of Arthur Jackson as senior vice president of economic development, effective Feb. 22. Jackson will lead the Chamber’s economic development efforts through Tulsa’s Future, the Chamber-led public-private regional economic development partnership. Jackson will also be responsible for workforce and talent strategies, suc...
Tulsa’s Future, the public-private regional economic development partnership led by the Tulsa Regional Chamber, will mark the completion of the third five-year phase of its economic development plan at the end of December. Since 2016, Tulsa’s Future has supported the creation of 16,704 jobs and more than $1.9 billion o...
